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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1881
Page
4
Just received 20 cases of Elgin corn 25 cases of Bay View tomatoes and new California canned peaches apricots and white cherries. A fine line of new goods is advertised.
An old time ad touts a wide display of watches clocks silverware and bridal gifts. It highlights Brattin Brothers Jewelers Greencastle Indiana with varieties from Einchanted Dew Drops to Wes Bridal tokens and urges cash buyers to seek discounts as stock is reduced.
A fragmented 1881 column notes grave robbers in Plain City Ohio with a torpedo blast, discusses emotional insanity pleas and rare deaths, cites New York City poverty aid figures, and recounts a York Pennsylvania life insurance poisoning hoax, exposing public concerns and sensationalism.
A June session of Congress is proposed while New York mulls curbs on oleomargarine. The state legislature passed a bill forcing all imitation butter products to be labeled and requiring dining rooms to display placards reading imitation butter served here.
The contest resulted in Mr. Chas Cof fin of Asbury winning first honors with Miss Long of Bloomington finishing second.
Finis Ewing McLean owner of McLean's Springs near the city died Tuesday night of pernicious fever aged 73. Born February 11 1808 in Logan county Kentucky he held many offices including Kentucky congressman in 1850 and state legislator. He was a presidential elector for Kentucky and pallbearer at General Taylor's funeral. Married Isabelle Cassell June 11 1862 he leaves wife five children from first wife and son E R McLean 16. He had lived in the county since 1865.
The town reports a bad wheat crop and no oats sown yet. Local merchants Foster Hoffman Cincinnati trade. Butler sold his drug store. Hinton Ross plan a new store and billiard hall. Funeral for Earnest Reel child follows death, with sympathy from the community. Livestock prices and shipments rise. hogs and cattle markets noted with modest gains.
Scio reports an island wide disaster with 6,000 to 7,000 killed out of 7,000 inhabitants and 26 percent of survivors wounded. Relief ships from Britain United States and Austria aid authorities while Chesme shelters 5,000 homeless. Descriptions of widespread ruins, fear and grief follow the earthquake shocks and aftershocks. A woman buried fifty-two hours is rescued after giving birth. the infant dies while the mother recovers.
In St. Petersburg on April 9 and 10 the Nihilists accused in the Czar assassination conspiracy were tried. Roussakoff and Michailoff testified. several defendants admitted involvement with the Will of the People Party and related plots. After two days, the court found all guilty. sentences to be pronounced by the Czar for Sophia Pieotseky due to noble birth.
The legislature passes city marshal authority and consular like powers, advances the revision committee bill for city incorporation, and moves on criminal code steps. Prohibitions on Sunday rail service and pupil sex discrimination are discussed, with many bills advancing or failing as final actions loom.
Henry Camp Hedden Edmund T. Burke Myron C. Merriman and P F Rice Syracuse University students were arrested on a complaint from Dean John R French. Ezra Tripple was seized bound gagged and taken five miles into the country where he was tied to a tree and head shaved. He escaped and walked back to the city through mud.
A collage of witty, sharp era quips from unseen papers mocking manners and public life. It parodies titles, society roles, and fashion with clipped observations and sly humor.
A famed lost mine tale resurfaces as miners report a possible discovery near Austin and Frisco, with a Spaniard and T A Smith linked to the legend. A land slide erased clues, but a map in Liston's papers spurred renewed exploration and a rich ore specimen surfaced in Salt Lake City.
The Times reports on November 29 ceremony as Boy Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales aboard the Bacchante and the Inconstant undergo the time honored line crossing ordeal. Princes Louis of Battenberg and other Royal midshipmen were blindfolded and shaved then drenched in a bath before Neptune’s servants dried them.
A Chicago elopement ends with a brutal assault and window ejection after the woman’s husband intervenes. A Cayuga NY match ends in a rushed wedding then another ceremony desire. one couple seeks asylum, another is jailed. A 13 year old bride in Lakeville CT. Litchfield MN couple seek a qualified minister after a 25 mile trek. An Amboy WI mistress elopes with a mulatto servant. What Cheer WI couple fined for lodging in a storm. Winchester NH tax scandal. Treasurer Albee’s $112000 loss reveals bank mismanagement. Missouri Legislature debates physician licensing, citing empirical medicine versus diplomas. Rochester boarding house conflict ends in duel threats. one suitor wounds by knife, another by pistol. Deadwood lawyers advertise dubious claims against deputies and others. Vinton County OH Reynolds family totals and descendants spread wide. Defrance brothers of New Orleans convicted of manslaughter for intent to kill Edwin Mix. Samuel Ciardner appointed guardian of Louis Williams heirs.
Public notices record several property conveyances including John R K Baird to Hugh Reat for 3000 dollars and Henry H Mathias to William Grogan for 600 dollars. Also listed are transfers from City of Greencastle to U C Bobbs and Thursa Irwin to Emily J King among others, with several acreages and prices.
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